The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will immediately stop enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for home health workers and other health care staff. In light of the public health emergency (PHE) ending on May 11, the Biden administration announced in early May that it planned to end vaccination requirements for federal workers […]
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two proposed rules that have major implications for home-based care providers. The provision that has created the greatest waves among providers and industry stakeholders is the potential requirement that at least 80% of Medicaid payments for personal care, homemaker and home health aide services […]
The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model continues to save hundreds of millions of dollars each year, mostly because of its ability to reduce inpatient stays for Medicare beneficiaries. The model, which the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded from nine demonstration states to home health agencies across the country on Jan. […]
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that — for the first time ever — it was releasing ownership data for all Medicare-certified home health and hospice agencies. This move makes it possible for anyone to review information on the ownership of agencies participating in the Medicare program. This includes […]
Home health stakeholders are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address an alleged forecast error in the home health market basket for 2021 and 2022. Broadly, CMS calculates the expected impact of cost inflation for home health agencies annually. In order to do this, CMS relies on a forecasting methodology from […]
Now that the public health emergency (PHE) is ending, home health stakeholders are taking stock of what ripple effects will impact the industry most. The Trump Administration first declared the PHE in March of 2020, retroactive to Jan. 27, 2020. In January, the Biden administration announced that the PHE would end on May 11. Broadly, […]
Many home-based care providers tend to offer both home health and hospice services. Thus, home health leaders pay close attention to proposed rules in hospice. Home health providers are still weeks away from getting a glimpse at their proposed rule for 2024. In terms of the main provisions, the proposed rule for hospice doesn’t contain […]
The Biden administration announced on Monday that COVID-19 vaccine requirements in place for federal employees and contractors will come to an end on May 11. For home-based care providers working under Medicare and Medicaid, this is seemingly the end of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for staff. The Biden administration citied a 95% decline in COVID-19 deaths, […]
On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule that would make major changes to the way that home care workers are compensated under Medicaid. While home-based care stakeholders recognize that the proposal could lead to some improvements, many are critical of what they view as a one-size-fits-all approach […]
During the last week of March, hundreds of stakeholders vied on behalf of home-based care in Washington, D.C., either physically or through Zoom. Personal home care provider and advocate voices did so with an excitement for the future, fresh off the high of the president mentioning multiple times in a month. Conversely, home health care’s […]
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